The spidery Shellstar Pavilion was designed to entice festival goers at the Detour Art and Design Festival that took place last December in Hong Kong. Created by <a href="http://matsysdesign.com/2013/02/27/shellstar-pavilion/">MATSYS</a> using digital modeling, the curved shelter was specifically designed to lure in attendees like a vortex or a web, and then spit them out on other end so they could proceed to other offerings.

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

This spidery pavilion was commissioned for a design festival in Hong Kong

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

It was designed, fabricated and assembled in just six weeks

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

The idea was to create a temporary pavilion that maximized space using the smallest amount of materials

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

The design was also crafted to lure people in and then spit them out the other side - in order to facilitate further exploration of the festival

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

The pavilion was assembled in an empty parking lot in Hong Kong

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

This diagram illustrates how the team achieved the curved form with digital modeling

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Shellstar Pavilion by Matsys

The spidery Shellstar Pavilion was designed to entice festival goers at the Detour Art and Design Festival that took place last December in Hong Kong. Created by MATSYS using digital modeling, the curved shelter was specifically designed to lure in attendees like a vortex or a web, and then spit them out on other end so they could proceed to other offerings.